Peace Dale Elementary School is located in the South Kingstown school district. Although it is one of several elementary schools, it receives rave reviews from parents who have children enrolled in the school. One parent writes "One of my children is special needs. He has adha. The principle is wonderful, he would take time out of his busy schedule to spend time with my son with games, checkers or just to talk". Another parent writes of the general education, "Peace Dale is a fantastic elementary school...I have two children currently in the school and they love it and are doing extremely well academically!" While opinions are wonderful, the following paragraphs will discuss how Peace Dale Elementary ranks against other schools in categories such as education, health and safety, race, income, and employment/family status.
Fourth graders that are NECAP tested at Peace Dale score higher in math and reading than both the majority of Rhode Island schools and South Kingstown schools. In reading, more than 90% of Peace Dale students are proficient or better, whereas in S.K. as a whole 90% are proficient or better and in Rhode Island overall just over 70% of students are proficient or better. In math, nearly 90% of Peace Dale fourth graders are proficient, while in S.K. about 85% are proficient and in Rhode Island only 65% of students tested proficient. In science however, S.K. is almost 70% proficient while Peace Dale is slightly below, around 66%. But Peace Dale is still ahead of the rest of Rhode Island in science, which scores at around 45% proficiency. All told, Peace Dale has more competition from its own town in bettering their test scores than it does from all Rhode Island school's averages. Its education is on a better path than most schools in the state. As far as special education goes, there are programs in place for Occupational Therapists, Early Childhood Special Needs, Physical Therapist and Speech/Language Pathologists.
While health and safety records on Peace Dale are not available, those for South Kingstown are. As of 2013, there were 0% of infants born at high risk in South Kingstown, but in all of Rhode Island there were 3%. Women with delayed prenatal care totaled 8.2% in S.K. and 13.7% in Rhode Island; and similarly infant mortality rate was 2 in every 1,000 born in S.K., but was 6.4 out of 1,000 in all of Rhode Island. Teen birth rates were 3.2 out of every 1,000 children in 2012 in S.K., and were 23.3 out of every 1,000 children born in Rhode Island. In 2013 child abuse and neglect affected 8.3 out of every 1,000 children in S.K., and affected 14 out of every 1,000 in Rhode Island overall. Out of 1,000 children 4.2 in S.K. have incarcerated parents, less than the 11.2 out of every thousand in Rhode Island. In 2012 in S.K. 38% of domestic violence incidences occurred when there were children present, while the same statistic was 31% for all of Rhode Island. Its interesting that in almost any other statistic, S.K. is safer than the rest of Rhode Island besides that one. However, evidence is fairly conclusive that South Kingstown and Peace Dale alike are safer communities than most.
Rhode Island is not known for being incredibly racially diverse, and Peace Dale is no exception. Out of the 503 students enrolled, 90.7% are white, whereas in Rhode Island 81.4% of people are white. Peace Dale has 4.2% American Indian students, 2% Asian students, 2% Hispanic students, and 1.2% black students. Rhode Island has 0.6% American Indians, 2.9% Asians, 12.4% Hispanics, and 5.7% blacks, in addition to many other races. The balance is of course, tilted one way or another because Peace Dale is not a city school and Rhode Island encompasses both city and rural communities.
The median household income for Peace Dale is $74,970 and is somewhat higher than the South Kingstown income, which is $73,624. There is a 6.4% poverty rate for Peace Dale, but S.K. has 7.1% poverty rate, most of whom are children under 18. There is an 8% unemployment rate in Peace Dale that are below the poverty line, and that number climbs to 15.7% for South Kingstown overall. Luckily, there are homeless shelters and meals given out to those who cannot afford them in the area. In S.K. about 13,139 out of 14,170 people who are capable of working are employed, and in Peace Dale 10,244 out of 11,031 who are capable of working do have a job. This translates to a 92.7% employment rate in S.K. and a 92.9% employment rate in Peace Dale. There is essentially no difference. But in Rhode Island overall there is a 90.5% employment rate, making S.K. slightly better than the state average. In Peace Dale, between 2008 and 2012, 50.4% of households were one person households, the rest were two or more. Families make up 39.9% of these households and married couple-families make up 18.4% of these households. Rhode Island overall had 42.8% of houses as one person households, the rest being two or more. Families made up 45.9% of these households and married couple-families made up 20.5 % of these households.
To conclude, Peace Dale is an above average elementary school for Rhode Island in nearly every category. Peace Dale produces students that test well and the students themselves come from financially and safety stable homes for the most part. Although it is not racially diverse, this may be due to the lack of minority children living in non-urban settings. Most parents are employed, but families come in all kinds of shapes and sizes, as they do throughout the state. Peace Dale is not only all these things, but it is also very well reviewed by parents of the students that go there.
Peace Dale Elementary School is located in the South Kingstown school district. Although it is one of several elementary schools, it receives rave reviews from parents who have children enrolled in the school. One parent writes "One of my children is special needs. He has adha. The principle is wonderful, he would take time out of his busy schedule to spend time with my son with games, checkers or just to talk". Another parent writes of the general education, "Peace Dale is a fantastic elementary school...I have two children currently in the school and they love it and are doing extremely well academically!" While opinions are wonderful, the following paragraphs will discuss how Peace Dale Elementary ranks against other schools in categories such as education, health and safety, race, income, and employment/family status.
Fourth graders that are NECAP tested at Peace Dale score higher in math and reading than both the majority of Rhode Island schools and South Kingstown schools. In reading, more than 90% of Peace Dale students are proficient or better, whereas in S.K. as a whole 90% are proficient or better and in Rhode Island overall just over 70% of students are proficient or better. In math, nearly 90% of Peace Dale fourth graders are proficient, while in S.K. about 85% are proficient and in Rhode Island only 65% of students tested proficient. In science however, S.K. is almost 70% proficient while Peace Dale is slightly below, around 66%. But Peace Dale is still ahead of the rest of Rhode Island in science, which scores at around 45% proficiency. All told, Peace Dale has more competition from its own town in bettering their test scores than it does from all Rhode Island school's averages. Its education is on a better path than most schools in the state. As far as special education goes, there are programs in place for Occupational Therapists, Early Childhood Special Needs, Physical Therapist and Speech/Language Pathologists.
While health and safety records on Peace Dale are not available, those for South Kingstown are. As of 2013, there were 0% of infants born at high risk in South Kingstown, but in all of Rhode Island there were 3%. Women with delayed prenatal care totaled 8.2% in S.K. and 13.7% in Rhode Island; and similarly infant mortality rate was 2 in every 1,000 born in S.K., but was 6.4 out of 1,000 in all of Rhode Island. Teen birth rates were 3.2 out of every 1,000 children in 2012 in S.K., and were 23.3 out of every 1,000 children born in Rhode Island. In 2013 child abuse and neglect affected 8.3 out of every 1,000 children in S.K., and affected 14 out of every 1,000 in Rhode Island overall. Out of 1,000 children 4.2 in S.K. have incarcerated parents, less than the 11.2 out of every thousand in Rhode Island. In 2012 in S.K. 38% of domestic violence incidences occurred when there were children present, while the same statistic was 31% for all of Rhode Island. Its interesting that in almost any other statistic, S.K. is safer than the rest of Rhode Island besides that one. However, evidence is fairly conclusive that South Kingstown and Peace Dale alike are safer communities than most.
Rhode Island is not known for being incredibly racially diverse, and Peace Dale is no exception. Out of the 503 students enrolled, 90.7% are white, whereas in Rhode Island 81.4% of people are white. Peace Dale has 4.2% American Indian students, 2% Asian students, 2% Hispanic students, and 1.2% black students. Rhode Island has 0.6% American Indians, 2.9% Asians, 12.4% Hispanics, and 5.7% blacks, in addition to many other races. The balance is of course, tilted one way or another because Peace Dale is not a city school and Rhode Island encompasses both city and rural communities.
The median household income for Peace Dale is $74,970 and is somewhat higher than the South Kingstown income, which is $73,624. There is a 6.4% poverty rate for Peace Dale, but S.K. has 7.1% poverty rate, most of whom are children under 18. There is an 8% unemployment rate in Peace Dale that are below the poverty line, and that number climbs to 15.7% for South Kingstown overall. Luckily, there are homeless shelters and meals given out to those who cannot afford them in the area. In S.K. about 13,139 out of 14,170 people who are capable of working are employed, and in Peace Dale 10,244 out of 11,031 who are capable of working do have a job. This translates to a 92.7% employment rate in S.K. and a 92.9% employment rate in Peace Dale. There is essentially no difference. But in Rhode Island overall there is a 90.5% employment rate, making S.K. slightly better than the state average. In Peace Dale, between 2008 and 2012, 50.4% of households were one person households, the rest were two or more. Families make up 39.9% of these households and married couple-families make up 18.4% of these households. Rhode Island overall had 42.8% of houses as one person households, the rest being two or more. Families made up 45.9% of these households and married couple-families made up 20.5 % of these households.
To conclude, Peace Dale is an above average elementary school for Rhode Island in nearly every category. Peace Dale produces students that test well and the students themselves come from financially and safety stable homes for the most part. Although it is not racially diverse, this may be due to the lack of minority children living in non-urban settings. Most parents are employed, but families come in all kinds of shapes and sizes, as they do throughout the state. Peace Dale is not only all these things, but it is also very well reviewed by parents of the students that go there.
Links used:
http://www.localschooldirectory.com/public-school/75216/RI
http://www.trulia.com/schools/RI-Wakefield/Peace_Dale_Elementary_School/
http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=CF
http://www.rikidscount.org/matriarch/documents/SouthKingstown2014.pdf